Nice! You know were gonna need to see some pics video of it in action.Nate
I bought a 40V (actually 36V) Ryobi electric chainsaw recently. It doesn't have the power of my petrol (gas for our US friends) chainsaws, but is SO SO convenient. Charge up the battery and you are ready to go. Put it down and it sits there quietly until you want to cut again. No moving around idling, very little noise, no smelly smoke. No messing with pre-mixes. No fiddling every autumn trying to get it going again after it has been sitting unused for 8 months. Two 5.0Ahr batteries will do enough cutting (small trunks and limbs) to keep me amused for a day (by then my body had had enough). I think I have a new favourite chainsaw (sorry Stihl 026).I don't have lots of chainsawing to do any more, so I think my Stihl and Husqvarna might be getting sold.
I have to say that I've been very happy with my 42cc 18" Homelite saw. It might be a smaller saw, but it has performed flawlessly for me. Even after sitting for a year, it started on the third pull. It also doesn't bog down all that much either, even when cutting thicker hardwood.I had looked at getting an Echo or Stihl, but I only needed it for a few trees, and this was only just over $100 as a refurb. Now I through it in the Jeep incase we come across any downed trees.
Quote from: gregozedobe on January 19, 2015, 04:13:20 PMI bought a 40V (actually 36V) Ryobi electric chainsaw recently. It doesn't have the power of my petrol (gas for our US friends) chainsaws, but is SO SO convenient. Charge up the battery and you are ready to go. Put it down and it sits there quietly until you want to cut again. No moving around idling, very little noise, no smelly smoke. No messing with pre-mixes. No fiddling every autumn trying to get it going again after it has been sitting unused for 8 months. Two 5.0Ahr batteries will do enough cutting (small trunks and limbs) to keep me amused for a day (by then my body had had enough). I think I have a new favourite chainsaw (sorry Stihl 026).I don't have lots of chainsawing to do any more, so I think my Stihl and Husqvarna might be getting sold.For some reason, that strikes me as a very sad statement.
Fair enough. At 61 (about 9 years from now) I'm hoping to be just about retired and upping my chainsawing time. (and tractor time, and animal husbandry time and cultivation time...)